----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Kitching" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Marc Resnick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 11:30 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] X won't start!
> On Wed, 2004-02-18 at 17:21, Marc Resnick wrote:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Simon Kitching" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 11:16 PM
> > Subject: Re: [newbie] X won't start!
> >
> >
> > > On Wed, 2004-02-18 at 16:54, Marc Resnick wrote:
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Allen/gore/SlackWareWolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 10:44 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: [newbie] X won't start!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > On Tuesday 17 February 2004 08:26 pm, Marc Resnick wrote:
> > > > > > X Graphical Interface won't start! It won't start on the
> > > > > > new kernel I'm trying to figure out, or my old one(see my
> > > > > > other thread). The only thing I've changed is telling
> > > > > > Harddrake not to start on boot, because H.J. Bathoorn
> > > > > > told me it would rid of an error I was receiving at boot.
> > > > > > Is this the problem? If so, how do I enable it?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --Marc
> > > > > Could you copy your x Config file here?
> > > > >
> > >
> > > > Where exactly can I find that?
> > >
> > > XFree86 (the standard X implementation for linux) is configured in
file
> > > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 (assuming you have version 4.x of xfree86, which
> > > you almost certainly do).
> > >
> > > Of course if you only have text-mode access to your operating system,
it
> > > might be difficult to post. I presume you've got a second machine
you're
> > > using to send emails at the moment?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Simon
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > I've got several boxes, but this one is dual booted with Windows XP. I'm
not
> > even certain if I'll be able to access the files, but I'll try when I
get a
> > chance.
>
> If you're using FAT-format disk partitions for windows then you can copy
> it from linux into that partition. Or otherwise the xf86 config file
> should be small enough to go on a floppy.
>
> You might want to try "dmesg >/tmp/dmesg.txt" and post the contents of
> that too. The "dmesg" program dumps log output generated by the kernel
> while booting. I don't know if it also holds any X startup problems or
> not.
>
> And what happens when you try to start X anyway? What command do you
> use, and what output do you get?
>
> [PS: I'm no expert on X; I've learnt a little as the result of some
> bitter struggles in the past..]
>
> Cheers,
>
> Simon
>
Okay I took the time to write down all the errors.
The first I received repeated many times:
Warning: Symbol map for key < > redefined
Using last definition for conflicting fields.
Inside the < > was: AB03 --> AB10, BKSL, LCTL, and SPCE. There could have
been more that was bumped off the screen.
Next came:
Errors from xkbcomp not fatal to X server
Could not init font path element unix/:-1, removing from list!
Fatal server error:
Could not open default font 'fixed'
XIO: fatal IO error 104(connection reset by peer) 0X
X server ":0.0" after 0 requests(0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
My Xfree86 config is normal, and the abnormal error during boot was that I
have no space left on my root partition(which I was going to make bigger
today...when suddenly this happened).
Any ideas?
Marc
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